Nearly snap free.

Thats a wrong answer.

Using a de-bloated Ubuntu reminds me of my time on Windows - had to use a bunch of tools to disable all kind of sh*t. Not doing this again, Ubuntu will never be a choice for me.

“nearly Snap-free”, hmm. I think I used Xubuntu briefly, but that was way before Snap was a thing.

This nearly Snap-free Ubuntu remix

This snap-laden Ubuntu remix

ftfy

Xubuntu is still my distro of choice.

Removing snap and installing flatpak is two commands away.

A minimal Gentoo install contains less than 30 packages and fits in 1GB of disk (no GUI, though). If you more than double either of those numbers, you’re not “minimal”.